OUTBRAIN INC
OUTBRAIN INC is a fundraising vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle OUTBRAIN INC was paid $1.81M across 8 client committees, of which $625 flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$1,813,393 | 51 rows | 100.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$625 | 4 rows | 0.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 11, 2018 → Apr 23, 2026
- spans 8.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 51
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,025,881 | 56.55% |
| Republican | $426,011 | 23.48% |
| Non-partisan | $362,127 | 19.96% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 6 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $8K | 2 | VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR 2… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $8K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $2K | 12 | SHIVA 4 SENATE 100% | Fundraising 100% | $10K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $21K | 2 | WIN THE ERA PAC 100% | Fundraising 100% | $21K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $22K | 2 | WIN THE ERA PAC 100% | Fundraising 100% | $42K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $226K | 3 | HARRIS VICTORY FUND 91% | Fundraising 100% | $269K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $174K | 3 | HARRIS VICTORY FUND 85% | Fundraising 100% | $443K | +8338% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $244K | 2 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $244K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $139K | 3 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $383K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $105K | 3 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $488K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $292K | 6 | NRSC 62% | Fundraising 100% | $780K | +1318% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $392K | 6 | NRSC 62% | Fundraising 100% | $1.17M | +1695% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $167K | 3 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $1.34M | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $22K | 3 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 100% | Fundraising 100% | $1.36M | -90% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2 | 1 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Fundraising 100% | $2 | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | $1,813,393 | 51 | $36K | 100.0% | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRA… 54% | 3mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $1,803,379 | 99.4% | 5 | |
| CA | $7,947 | 0.4% | 2 | |
| MA | $2,068 | 0.1% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2021-02-19 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING-ACQUISITION | $200,025 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-09-28 | HARRIS VICTORY FUND | Fundraising | LIST ACQUISITION | $185,657 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-02-23 | NRSC | Fundraising | ADVERTISING | $181,265 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-11-02 | HARRIS VICTORY FUND | Fundraising | LIST ACQUISITION | $147,842 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-04-21 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING-ACQUISITION | $95,310 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Fundraising | Digital Ad Buy | $2 |
| Recent | 2022-06-24 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING-ACQUISITION | $13,081 |
| Recent | 2022-08-18 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING | $10,655 |
| Recent | 2022-07-21 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING-ACQUISITION | $10,559 |
| Recent | 2022-09-22 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Fundraising | ONLINE FUNDRAISING-ACQUISITION | $446 |